A distant relative of the Duchess of Cornwall who was embroiled in one in every of Britain’s longest-running divorce battles has taken his personal life in a London resort room.
Charles Villiers and estranged spouse Emma Villiers hit headlines after turning into concerned in a dispute over whether or not their divorce ought to be settled in Scottish or English courts.
The couple separated in 2012 and filed for divorce in 2014, making their bitter marital battle one of many longest on document as on the time of his loss of life it was nonetheless unresolved.
In response to the Times, the 59-year-old was discovered lifeless by a housekeeper in a room on the Durrants Lodge, Marylebone, west London, final week.
The newspaper stories that he had been staying on sofas after falling into monetary problem and had been staying on a good friend’s yacht within the Greek islands earlier this month.
However because of considerations about his psychological well being, the good friend organized for Mr Villiers to fly again to the UK and go to a clinic.
Charles Villiers, a distant relative of the Duchess of Cornwall who was embroiled in one in every of Britain’s longest-running divorce battles has taken his personal life in a London resort room
Mr Villiers had spent eight years warring together with his estranged spouse, Emma, in long-running authorized battles over upkeep funds. Pictured: Emma Villiers (proper) and her daughter Clarissa
As a substitute of going to the clinic, Mr Villiers checked into the Durrants Lodge final Wednesday and took his personal life the next day, in keeping with the Occasions.
Mr Villiers, a cousin of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, had argued that as he and his estranged spouse had been divorcing in Scotland and will subsequently have monetary selections determined in a Scottish courtroom.
However Supreme Court docket justices dominated towards him in a landmark resolution.
The Supreme Court docket subsequently dominated that Mrs Villiers might proceed together with her utility for upkeep in England.
In March 2021, Mr Justice Mostyn, of the Excessive Court docket’s household division, dominated that Mr Villiers was closely in debt and shouldn’t be required to pay upkeep.
He acknowledged that Mr and Mrs Villiers had been left ‘financially ruined’ by the ‘horrible’ litigation and he suspected each had been additionally ‘psychologically broken’.
Aristocrat Charles Villiers is the cousin of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall (pictured)
However Mrs Villiers persuaded Lord Justice Moylan, Lord Justice Coulson and Lord Justice Arnold to overturn the ruling on attraction.
The three judges determined that Mr Justice Mostyn had been unsuitable to dismiss an utility Mrs Villiers made for upkeep.
That they had thought of arguments at a Court docket of Enchantment listening to in London in January and revealed a ruling in June this yr and reached the ‘clear conclusion’ that it had been unsuitable to dismiss Mrs Villiers’ utility.
Judges have heard how Mr and Mrs Villiers had lived at Milton Home, a Georgian manor close to Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire. However the dwelling was repossessed in 2015.
At the latest courtroom listening to, Mr Justice Mostyn mentioned each Mr and Mrs Villiers had made accusations towards the opposite after ‘love’ turned to ‘hatred’.
Mr Villiers had been engaged to opera singer Heidi Innes, 45, however she ended their relationship in February this yr.
Opera singer Heidi Innes (pictured with Charles) left the Scottish aristocrat in February
Miss Innes, who had been with Mr Villiers for practically 5 years, mentioned: ‘It is over for good. I am glad I did not marry him formally. He isn’t the person I assumed he was all this time.
‘He is purported to be a gentleman however I do not assume he has behaved very effectively.’
The couple had been compelled to depart their rented cottage in Tyninghame in November after a tribunal ordered them to pay £18,000 in hire arrears, run up through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Following their departure from East Lothian, they moved to Budapest, in Hungary, the place she had purchased a small flat in 2020 with a view to it turning into a vacation let.
The Occasions stories that Villiers was not too long ago declared bankrupt and had been staying on associates’ sofas on the time of his loss of life.
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